Saint Ignatius (in the world Dimitri Aleksandrovich Brianchaninov; 1807-1867) – Bishop of the Caucasus and Black Sea, theologian and thinker, preacher and ascetic, prominent ascetic writer. In his work “The Word on Death” St. Ignatius talks about the extra-existent existence of the soul, following the death of a person’s bodily shell, and he also provides clear examples from the lives of Orthodox saints in the name of the salvation of the Christian soul of everyone who reads his word. He teaches how to properly build your spiritual life in order to be in harmony with yourself and God the Father.